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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 30, 2014 0:35:45 GMT -5
I'd help ya if I lived closer. I'm in Sacramento... Close but not close enough.
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 29, 2014 20:44:35 GMT -5
Are you backing out the center bolt on the puller? It needs to be almost all the way out to work right.... then when it's tightened down, then you give the center a good turn or so and off they usually come.
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 29, 2014 0:53:22 GMT -5
Winter's comming up.... last year I bought a 500cc Scrabeo for 1500. there out there, you just have to use craigslist religiously..
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 26, 2014 11:32:34 GMT -5
Yeah, the frames are different... for one, the fuel tank on the 150's is in the hump, on the 250's it's under the seat. Better air flow for the radiator.
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 26, 2014 10:02:41 GMT -5
Yeah, if you were in my area, I'd pay you to do my gold wing seat and to make some leather grips for the handle bars..... along with the back rest.... and the pockets for the trunk.... What I will probably do is get on the seat kits to redo my seat... it's currently worn out, 80's velour... yup they made velour seats for goldwings (talk about ugggghh) If I was keeping the Scarabeo, I'd have you do it's seat too... and back rest.... Oh well... not like I have money anyway...  Anyway, awesome work! |
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JIS
by: urbanmadness - Sept 23, 2014 20:12:26 GMT -5
Post by urbanmadness on Sept 23, 2014 20:12:26 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I need a set of JIS. The goldwing uses a ton of 'em
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 23, 2014 20:08:30 GMT -5
sounds like the needle was stuck... the funny part is, rapping it with a hammer would of fixed it.. LOL
anyway...
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 23, 2014 19:54:07 GMT -5
Man, Leo, you keep that thing clean!
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 23, 2014 19:51:35 GMT -5
I like it!
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 14, 2014 21:37:17 GMT -5
I was surprised to find out it is a 150.
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 14, 2014 10:34:37 GMT -5
There were many versions of that bike. I have the 250 version, the radiator is mounted behind the front wheel. Even the 150's have a grill there.
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 14, 2014 10:21:22 GMT -5
Oh wow... that's an awesome lookin' scoot!
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 14, 2014 9:38:04 GMT -5
Why do the 50's always seem to look cooler then the 150's and 250's? I love the looks of that bike...
Beautiful pictures!
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 14, 2014 9:21:24 GMT -5
The problem is, that by the time you may have noticed some degradation in performance due to a too-tight valve, the damage (i.e. - burned/eroded exhaust valve face/seat/sealing surfaces) is quite likely to have already begun. Sure, if caught in time, any further "damage" will likely be prevented - but that effortless starting and idle you mentioned will be among the first things to go. Yes - there is some risk involved in doing the work yourself, as a first-timer - but you've gotta jump in at some point, right? Just take your time, follow the directions, be as clean as possible, and make especially sure the adjustment screw's lock nuts are appropriately tight before buttoning things up. At least you'll know exactly what's been done in there... something you can't say if you have someone else (noob? hack?) do it for you. And that in itself is quite satisfying and re-assuring. If you have the time and general mechanical competence... well worth it, IMO. Bob It doesn't seem to be an issue with GY-6's. I'm not saying it doesn't happen, but usually if you have hard starts and bad idle, a valve adjustments will fix them right up. The changes in lift, duration and overlap as the valve tightens up seems to be what will make them idle bad, or start hard. Only in extreme cases, will it keep the exhaust valve open. |
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Post by urbanmadness on Sept 13, 2014 0:45:07 GMT -5
What you are describing is typical. The vacuum fuel pump needs pulsed vacuum to operate. When the throttle is open all the way, the engine is making no vacuum, no vacuum, no fuel pump. It will run until the fuel bowel empties.
Here is a simple test. When it starts to cut out, close the throttle for a second or two and see if she comes back to life.
The only way to get rid of the problem is to install a low pressure electric fuel pump or move the fuel tank, above the carb. Running bigger jets is only going to make the problem worse, as it will use more fuel on the top end.
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